Notes from All Over

Dr. Michael Greger: “With
massive concentrations of farm animals
within which to mutate, these new
swine flu viruses in North America
seem to be on an evolutionary fast
track, jumping and reassorting between
species at an unprecedented rate.”
Full
story.

Notes from Our Members

Amber
Coon gets more information into
the hands of a Syracuse University
student.

Last week an
acquaintance of mine, surprised
to find out I was leafleting, told
me that she received a leaflet somewhere
when she was 12 years old (she’s
in her mid-20s now) and hasn’t
eaten meat since. “It was all
because of that,” she told
me. “They really work.”-Brianne Donaldson,
4/15/09

The students at Fayetteville
State were very kind
to me. I had some really good conversations
and even gave a student A
Meaningful Life. One student
said, “I got one of these last
year and I haven’t eaten meat since.”
At UNC Chapel Hill, one student
received an Even If You
Like Meat last year and stopped
eating meat, but then started eating
it again. After today he is going
back on the veg diet!-Rob Gilbride, 4/15/09

At Ball State,
Joe [Espinosa] was told by a student
that he is considered an icon on
campus, since they see him out there
every semester. He was asked to
be interviewed for a campus magazine.
We gave 100 Even If You Like
Meat booklets and five Guides
to a vegetarian professor for
a class on ethics, and 50 EIYLMs
to a student for tabling.-Leslie
Patterson, 4/18/09

What a success
at SUNY Stony Brook’s Earthstock!
A lot of people were interested
and came by to ask questions and
pick up more literature. Many people
were shocked at the way animals
are treated, and a few people left
saying they were definitely going
to try going veg. I told them to
give it a good three weeks, gave
them a Guide
and showed them the recipes, and
they seemed excited. Most people
were very receptive and eager to
learn more—I had such a great
time!-Heather Kramer (at
right, before the event started),
4/17/09

At the University of
Nebraska, one guy
said, “I grew up on my grandfather’s
farm. I saw all of the nasty things
the other farmers do. Keep up the
good work!” One guy came by
and said, "You’re stirring up
stuff. People are talking. They
ARE talking." At Crighton U
(Omaha), I met eight vegetarians.
One guy I had given a flier to passed
by again and said, “I read
it during my break, and I just want
to say, Yay for more people like
you!” He gave me a big hug.-Fred Tyler, 4/15/09

At Southeast Missouri
State University,
I met several students who said
that they’re trying to cut back the
meat in their diet after receiving
a booklet previously, and one who
told me that she is now vegetarian
since receiving a booklet from me
last semester. -Rick Hershey, 4/16/09

Loren Hart promotes compassion
at Western Carolina University.

At American River College,
I had an awesome conversation with
an African-American student. He
asked about lots of the specific
pictures and even compared factory
farming to slavery. I told him a lot
of people have been offended by
that comparison and he responded
to that saying, “Man, we all suffer,
we’re all the same.” I gave him
a Guide and was really
touched with how affected he was
by the material.-Brian Grupe, 4/14/09

At Cape Cod Community
College, a ton of
people asked
for Guides. I approached
a group, and they were all very
interested and asked me several
nutrition questions and “what
do you eat” questions. One
vegetarian student said, “It’s
so good to see that there’s someone
on the island doing this—keep
up the good work!” -Eileen Botti, 4/14/09

At Arizona State (Tempe),
one student said she went vegetarian
five years ago after getting the
pamphlet. A few other students surprised
me by coming back for a brochure
after initially refusing.-Jeff Boghosian, 4/15/09

Good interactions at
Widener University.
A student in the army, who eats mostly
vegetarian, liked the VO booklets
as a good approach to educating
others. Someone else came back later
in the day to get more booklets
from me to share with friends. -Nick Cooney, 4/16/09

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